

Mr. Baseball(1992)
He's the biggest thing to hit Japan since Godzilla!
Jack Elliot, a one-time MVP for the New York Yankees is now on the down side of his baseball career. With a falling batting average, does he have one good year left and can the manager of the Chunichi Dragons, a Japanese Central baseball league find it in him?

Movie: Mr. Baseball
Top 10 Billed Cast
Yoji Nishimura
Ryoh Mukai
Shinji Igarashi
Hiroshi Kurosawa
Tomohiko Ohmie
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